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Riverside-based ISCA Technologies, which provides environmentally sound alternatives to agricultural insecticides, has obtained a $515,000 loan from the Small Business Administration for the purchase of a new property. The property, located at 1242 Spring Street in Riverside, will serve as the local headquarters of ISCA Technologies, which also has operations …

Menifee recorded an increase in sales tax revenue during the second quarter of 2015, the second consecutive quarter the city experienced such growth. Menifee’s sales tax revenue for April, May and June of this year rose 11.5 percent year-over-year, which was five times greater than Riverside County’s increase during that …

The announcement that the store on Palmdale Road will be shut down early next year caught some in the High Desert by surprise, even though the location, which was close to 30 years old, had been underperforming for several years. At least one person in the High Desert wasn’t surprised …

Unemployment was down in the Inland Empire during October, as the region continued its recovery by adding jobs in multiple sectors. Riverside County recorded a 6.5 percent unemployment rate last month, down nearly two percent compared with October 2014, according to data released Friday by the California Employment Development Department. …

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation distributed $227,500 in grants to nonprofit charities in the Inland Empire. The grants, which are distributed every year immediately before the holidays, are meant to help pay for basic needs like food, shelter and clothing, said Cathy Paredes, vice president of Enterprise Business and …

Jeff Huang has been named Acting Dean of Students at Claremont-McKenna College. Huang, vice president for Student Affairs, Admission and Financial Aid, replaces Mary Spellman, who resigned earlier this month amid student protests alleging racial discrimination on campus, according to published reports. In a statement released Monday, President Hiram Chodosh …